who has done it and successfully booked... what are some "do's" and "do not's"? If you would please...

taped submissions ... quite a few
Booked....once

1. tape on a neutral background (we used a wall hanging made of blue felt -- rich texture)
2. 3/4 shot -- don't zoom in or out
3. no edits within the audition
4. slate first

The advantages are that you can re-do the sides until you are happy with them!

Good luck.

We've taped at home many times for my two DDs and have not booked from a home taping. However, we've taped in our agent's office here in Chicago several times and my younger DD recently booked a lead role in a major film starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser.

congrats!

i wish i could do that - most of the auditions i've been to are cold readings...

Does anyone know of a place in Phila that we could have him taped professionally for an audition?

Great Audition Coach who Tapes Actors’ Auditions and makes DVD.

I just found an audition coach who specializes in taping actors auditions. And editing a DVD. I found her name in Backstage online: Gwen Mihok, and her website is www.auditionreal.com.
888-245-5016. She works with kids and adults.

I got an audition and called her. She coached my whole performance, then taped it in her in-home studio, edited it, and made a really good DVD that could be sent into casting right away.

Frankly it made the whole process so easy and quick-when it is usually so stressful and time consuming.

whats the best advice about camera and way to email it? we were caught out of town and asked to submit email video for aud. Person who said they could do it suddenly didn't have the capacity for it and we missed the deadline by the time we got the email sent... can we say, not a happy camper.

You do not need an expensive camera, as long as it has a digital fire wire to connect to your computer. "Windows Movie Maker" is a free editing program and for taping an audition scene it does the trick. It will walk you through the process of downloading and creating ur final take, adding titles if needed. Some CD's want the scene e mailed direcly to them and some want them posted on a PRIVATE website like Phanfare. Do not post it on YouTube!! No one likes their work put on a public website before the production aires.
Each and every CD has different rules. Some insist the scene be sent in a QuickTime format for Mac heads, others allow the Windows format.
Break-a-leg!

italiana: i found the rates to be pretty fair. Is it really good quality?
But she doesn't edit, right? It's a one shot scene/audition?
thanks